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From biplanes to Concorde
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Capetonian » Sat Jul 14, 2018 5:15 am
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Some excellent photos in this one. Usual DM inaccuracies, for example :
A BEA Viscount 800 receiving its passengers. The Viscount is the most...
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Here’s G-BNLY repainted back into LANDOR livery
Operating BA211 to Miami from T3, nearly 2 hours late :((
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Last post by Woody
Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:54 pm
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High Performance Passenger Airliners
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Slasher » Sat Nov 17, 2018 1:09 pm
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Nice one Plum! 👍🏻
I'd been on the DC9-30 for about a year when my arse got strapped to the 72. The DC9 was a real leather jacket 'n bitchpad machine...
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The 727 was definitely not a high altitude aircraft, the engines were not powerful enough which left you staggering for height if you pushed it too...
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Last post by boing
Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:49 pm
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PIA
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Wodrick » Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:10 pm
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The mention of AI and PIA above got one to reminiscing.
A few years ago I am running the Line Engineering shift at Manchester, we've done the...
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In the early sixties i was joining a ship in the Persian Gulf,when i received my flight tickets i was disappointed to find i was flying PIA to...
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Last post by 1DC
Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:28 pm
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Best and worst airline experience
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Rwy in Sight » Sun Feb 14, 2016 10:17 pm
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We discussed which airlines would like to see back and how about if we discuss which airline flight we would remember as best and which one as worst....
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I have been fortunate with two Bests , and to date no significant Worst airline experience.
Best 1:
Very late December 1965, and booked on British...
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Last post by 603DX
Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:34 pm
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Harry Goodman -Air Europe
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Ibbie » Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:54 am
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The man who brought us Air Europe, together with package holiday companies Enterprise, Intasun and Club 18-30 in the International Leisure Group,...
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Harry Goodman did a lot to change the UK travel industry. One could could debate whether that was good or bad, but he was a bold innovator who had...
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Last post by Capetonian
Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:22 pm
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How it used to be???
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ian16th » Mon Jun 27, 2016 3:42 pm
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Civillian Flying in the 50's
All my flying in the 50's was restricted to:
Avro Anson
Handley Page Hastings
Vickers Varsity
Blackburn Beverley
So I...
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I have a moonboot in the garage, from when I broke my left ankle, and a pair of crutches.
Now what wording does the Dr's note require?
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Last post by ian16th
Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:24 pm
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sat Jun 04, 2016 5:24 pm
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British Island Airways
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om15 » Sat Jan 09, 2016 5:57 pm
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Does anyone have connections or memories of British Island Airways? this was my first civilian job, I joined in June 1979 at Blackpool as an airframe...
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Just reading this again, I was a shift supervisor at the time and we did the MD83 fleet for Airtours, a full maintenance contract, we had not been...
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Last post by Wodrick
Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:34 pm
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why can't airlines get the seats right?
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dubbleyew eight » Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:58 pm
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I flew on Jetstar from Perth to Singapore 5 1/2 hours thereabouts.
then Singapore to Bangkok 2 1/2 hours thereabouts.
I couldnt believe how bad the...
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Jet Star - says it all really. Flew with them once as it was the only reasonable connecting flight back to Perth. Never again.
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Last post by Sisemen
Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:03 am
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Norwegian Expedition
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Firefly » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:35 pm
If anyone happens to know a Captain Donohoe from Norwegian, tell him the frequent flying PG pilot in seat 8A thought the sideways taxi off stand in...
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Last post by Firefly
Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:35 pm
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Air India adjusts weight
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probes » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:11 pm
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An Air India official told the BBC that the order had been made on the basis of a document issued by the civil aviation authority last year.
The...
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Commenting on a grossly overweight QANTAS hostie got me the permanent ban from TOP :ymdevil:
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Last post by Sisemen
Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:25 am
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Why airlines are failing?
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Rwy in Sight » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:16 pm
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I wanted to start a thread after a very active member decided to leave the sand pit. There was a feeling that there are some signs showing an airline...
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Lockerbie was a mixed case. Pan Am to an extend was the target for being a major American carrier and there was a recession between the bombing and...
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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Sun Nov 08, 2015 4:28 pm
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Airlines remembered long after they've gone.
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Alisoncc » Thu Sep 03, 2015 1:30 am
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Always had a soft spot for Pan-Am. During my time as a Field Engineer with RCA in the late sixties - remember AVQ-10, 20 & 30, plus their DME's...
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Just thinking back as it would have been my old man's birthday today, to the time he checked in to a hotel in Glasgow and was given a big plush...
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Last post by Ibbie
Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:49 am
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Lunacy of airline pricing
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Capetonian » Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:46 am
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There doesn't seem to be a more appropriate forum for this so I'll post it here as others might find it interesting.
Note received from a friend who...
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That’s only if you paint non-stop all the way around the room... :ymapplause: 8-}
P.S the layout is very good - not too much on the forum board...
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Last post by probes
Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:25 am
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